Title: Hosting WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hosting WordPress

 *  [kivanataris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kivanataris/)
 * (@kivanataris)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/)
 * Hey Guys,
 * I’m sure this has been asked 1,000,000 times before. I just can’t find the info
   I need.
 * So initially I signed up a wordpress blog and just had it hosted with a .wordpress.
   com name. I realized that I wanted to get new widgets and templates and that 
   having it hosted through wordpress.com wouldn’t allow that.
 * So I signed up for the Essential Plan at iPage.com as it seemed like it was WordPress
   friendly and got some seemingly good reviews at a pretty good price.
 * But now I’m stuck. I’ve been able to get my new domain name to simply redirect
   me to the wordpress site, but its certainly not being ‘hosted’ at this time. 
   I contacted iPage and they suggested to just restart my blog after installing
   something on their end. I of course, don’t want to restart my blog and want to
   make changes to the site from my desktop with FileZilla or AceFTP. I suppose 
   I’m just lost. How do I get from having a host and a wordpress blog separately,
   to having control of my site using FileZilla such that changes (such as adding
   new templates) can be made?
 * I’d appreciate any help I can get, and apologies if this question has been on
   auto-repeat, just with my research I haven’t been able to find exactly what I’m
   looking for or the explanation was over my head.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/#post-1303144)
 * upload the wordpress software to your site, get it all installed, then import
   your content
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start](http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start)
 * [http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/01/03/how-to-move-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg/](http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/01/03/how-to-move-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg/)
 * etc…you should be able to find lots of help with simple searches of the docs 
   here, the forum, and google
 *  Thread Starter [kivanataris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kivanataris/)
 * (@kivanataris)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/#post-1303155)
 * Ok that second article seemed to really help, I think. I found this one too about
   the differences between wordpress.org and wordpress.com.
    [http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/](http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/)
 * So the first step seems to be transferring my wordpress.com site to wordpress.
   org by using the import/export functions.
 * From there, I’m hoping the path becomes a little bit clearer.
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/#post-1303163)
 * well…the FIRST step is installing the wordpress software to your site.
 * You can’t do much importing without a wordpress install / database
 * Also, you are not going to want your new domain to be pointing to your old wordpress.
   com account in any way
 *  [conorp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conorp/)
 * (@conorp)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/#post-1303430)
 * This should help: [http://wpkickstart.com/blog/how-to-move-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/](http://wpkickstart.com/blog/how-to-move-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/)
 * Complete guide including screencasts

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [conorp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conorp/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-4/#post-1303430)
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